Linden Street · Ashford

Baked Fresh Every Morning, With Love

Scratch-made sourdough, hand-laminated pastries, and a daily special that depends entirely on what looked good at the farmers market. Pulled from the oven before the sun is up.

Open today until 2:00pm · Closed Mondays

Baskets of golden sourdough loaves and croissants on a wooden bakery counter in morning light
Flour-dusted hands shaping sourdough dough on a wooden table
Our story

A small kitchen, a stubborn starter, and one very early alarm

Nora Whitfield started selling loaves out of her home kitchen in 2016 with a rye starter she named Marigold. Nine years later Marigold is still alive, still temperamental, and still the base of nearly everything we bake.

We mill-order flour from Ellery Farms twenty minutes north, buy fruit from whoever has the best of it that week, and make everything by hand each morning — because that's the only way it tastes like this.

  • Real butter, always

    No shortening, no shortcuts. European butter in every lamination.

  • No preservatives

    Everything is sold the day it's baked, or donated that evening.

  • Baked before sunrise

    Ovens on at 3:15am so the first loaf hits the shelf at 6:30.

The bakery

A morning in the shop

Tray of golden almond croissants dusted with sugarCozy bakery interior with wooden shelves and chalkboard menusSeasonal fruit tart with berries and figs on a ceramic platePan of glazed cinnamon morning buns fresh from the ovenSliced chocolate babka on parchment paperFarmhouse quiche with herbs cooling on a rack
Kind words

What the neighborhood says

“I moved three neighborhoods away and I still drive back on Saturdays. That sourdough is worth the gas money.”
Delia R. · Regular since 2019
“They catered my daughter's baby shower — forty morning buns, delivered warm. People are still texting me about them.”
Marcus T. · Ashford Heights
“The kind of place where they know your order and ask about your dog. The quiche is dangerous. Truly dangerous.”
Priya N. · Linden Street neighbor
Visit us

Come by while it's still warm

We're the little green door beside the flower shop. Street parking is easiest before 9am.

Address
114 Linden Street, Ashford, VT 05445

Hours

MondayClosed
Tuesday – Friday6:30am – 2:00pm
Saturday7:00am – 3:00pm
Sunday7:00am – 1:00pm
Order ahead

Reserve a pickup or ask about catering

Send us the details and we'll confirm by phone within a day. Large orders need 48 hours' notice.